Hiram W. Johnson House
- Year
- 1822
- Style
- Federal
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
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Built around 1822 on Capitol Hill, this Federal-style house — also known as the Mountjoy Bayly House, Chaplains Memorial Building, or Parkington — is named for Hiram Johnson (1866-1945), the Progressive Party's vice-presidential candidate under Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976 and is a contributing property to the Capitol Hill Historic District.
the building
Facade and roofline. The 2½-story brick house, painted white, sits on a raised basement beneath a mansard roof that adds a full third floor. The five-bay front faces south toward Maryland Avenue with a center entrance reached by side-facing stairs, framed by pilasters rising to a bracketed, segmental-arch pediment.
the style
Federal architecture, the style tied to the house's circa-1822 construction; the surviving detail — pilastered entrance, bracketed pediment, raised basement — is typical of the era's brick dwellings on Capitol Hill.
More on Federalsignificance
Named a National Historic Landmark in 1976 for its association with Hiram Johnson, and listed as a contributing property to the Capitol Hill Historic District and the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Supreme Court
- Sewall-Belmont House (Nat'l Woman's Party Headquarters)
- Senate Office Building (Russell Senate Office Building)
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Thomas Jefferson Building
- Library of Congress